Mac OSX Status
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This page presents an overview of the status of plplot/CBS on OS-X 10.4/PowerPC.
Status per 17 November 2007, Hazen Babcock (Darwin Kernel Version 8.7.0)
---------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+ Build aspects | Known to Work | ---------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+ Library options: | | Static libraries | untested | Shared libraries (dylib) | Yes | | | Languages: | | C (powerpc-apple-darwin8-gcc-4.0.1) | Yes | C++ (powerpc-apple-darwin8-g++-4.0.1) | Yes | F77 (GNU Fortran (GCC) 3.4.4) | Yes | F95 (GNU Fortran 95 (GCC) 4.2.1) | Yes | Java (java version "1.5.0_06") | Yes | Octave (Octave, version 2.1.73) | No (1) | Perl (perl, v5.8.6) | Yes | Python (Python 2.5, OS-X Framework) | Yes | Tcl (8.4.10, TclTkAqua) | Yes | Tk (8.4.10, TclTkAqua) | Yes | | | Drivers: | | AquaTerm (aqt) | Yes | GD (png, jpeg, gif) | Yes | PBM (pbm) | Yes | PostScript (ps, psc) | Yes | TrueType Postscript (psttf, psttfc) | Should Work... (2) | X11 (xwin) | Yes | Cairo (xcairo, ...) | Yes | wxWidgets | No | ---------------------------------------------------------+--------------------+
(1) This used to work but does not currently. Work is in progress to bring Octave back to a working state.
(2) This should work if you can get LASi and all of its dependencies installed correctly. A package manager such as Fink is probably the best way to go.